Hi everyone, The Discussions feature is now enabled.
Let's see how best we can use this feature to declutter the issue tracker if possible, and create a good knowledge base of problems/solutions. Cheers, On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:32 AM Bruno Oliveira <nicodde...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sorin for bringing this up. > > I've posted a request to enable the Discussions feature for > pytest-dev/pytest: > https://github.community/t/can-one-apply-for-github-discussions-beta/121120/162?u=nicoddemus > > Cheers, > Bruno. > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:08 AM Sorin Sbarnea <ssbar...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> My intent was to separate organization threads from the development ones, >> not to deprecate the mailing list. >> >> I do not think that an issue tracker is good for **discussions** as in >> open-ended subjects, or even for support. In fact using the issue tracker >> for user support is really bad as it make maintenance much harder. >> >> Still, there is something new from github called discussions which is a >> very basic forum directly integrated into github. >> >> You can see it as >> https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule/discussions -- not very >> active but functional. >> >> Discussions are in private beta, and we need to ask github to enable >> them. >> >> If anyone wants to enable it for "pytest", I could try to pull some >> strings. If desired, an org/repo admin should ask for it at >> https://github.community/t/can-one-apply-for-github-discussions-beta/121120 >> >> >> > On 8 Sep 2020, at 14:54, Arseniy Antonov <arseny.anto...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Sorin, >> > So basically you want to move all projects related discussions from >> maillists to the github issues - did I get you correct? If the answer is >> yes then from my perspective it's a really nice idea. >> > Also a lot of communities have #slack accounts - have you ever thought >> about the slack/(any other messenger) group for pytest community? >> > >> > вт, 8 сент. 2020 г. в 16:07, Sorin Sbarnea <ssbar...@redhat.com>: >> > About two weeks ago I created the https://github.com/pytest-dev/meta >> project with the hope of being used for tracking organization wide issues >> (and avoid having to pollute our main pytest project). >> > >> > I seen use of "meta" on many github organizations for the same purpose, >> "stuff" that is unrelated to the code of a specific repository. I hope it >> will become popular. I do also see other benefits as used of a mailing list >> sets a higher barrier for people that are not yet fully dedicated (we do >> all know experienced the "Ahh not another ML!" sensation). >> > >> > Early today I also added the first ticket, the proposal for adoption of >> the testinfra plugin, see https://github.com/pytest-dev/meta/issues/1 >> and comment there. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Sorin >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > pytest-dev mailing list >> > pytest-dev@python.org >> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -------------------------- >> > Regards. >> > Arseny Antonov >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pytest-dev mailing list >> pytest-dev@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev >> >
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